And so....
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nwhikerAnd so it begins.
Linnea turned in her first college application today, for UW. She will not get in, but she wanted to apply.
What is really awesome? She did so much of this on her own. Wrote her essay, edited it, with help from friends, not us. The only time she completely broke down was when she had to write a "short response" which asks what diversity she brings to UW. I'm not sure they had that question when AC applied, and I know that Perry had a difficult time with it.
She wrote, essentially, about intersectionality in STEM: how not only was she a girl in her upper level computer science classes (4 out of 27 in advanced programming), but what with her learning disabilities, she's got another strike against her, and often feels unwelcome (which makes sense, when other kids ask things like "what are you doing in this class?"). Anyhow.
Self driven is nice.
This is just the first, UW is very early. She has a lot of schools on her list. I am not sure she will get in anywhere, and I hate the thought. I felt bad for Perry, with all the rejections he got, but he basically blew off studying and turning stuff in in high school. Linnea works hard. She just has a long list of learning disabilities that make everything so much harder.
My little last is applying for college. WTF?
Linnea turned in her first college application today, for UW. She will not get in, but she wanted to apply.
What is really awesome? She did so much of this on her own. Wrote her essay, edited it, with help from friends, not us. The only time she completely broke down was when she had to write a "short response" which asks what diversity she brings to UW. I'm not sure they had that question when AC applied, and I know that Perry had a difficult time with it.
She wrote, essentially, about intersectionality in STEM: how not only was she a girl in her upper level computer science classes (4 out of 27 in advanced programming), but what with her learning disabilities, she's got another strike against her, and often feels unwelcome (which makes sense, when other kids ask things like "what are you doing in this class?"). Anyhow.
Self driven is nice.
This is just the first, UW is very early. She has a lot of schools on her list. I am not sure she will get in anywhere, and I hate the thought. I felt bad for Perry, with all the rejections he got, but he basically blew off studying and turning stuff in in high school. Linnea works hard. She just has a long list of learning disabilities that make everything so much harder.
My little last is applying for college. WTF?
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Date: 17 Nov 2020 17:37 (UTC)FWIW I was reading through emails from the high schools to find out how to report an absence (no power yesterday) and noticed that our district is having a virtual college fair for kids with IEPs etc. In particular, "This evening differs from other college and career nights because it brings students from throughout southeastern Michigan together with colleges and organizations that provide special resources for students with learning challenges." I'll send you the info via email in case it's of interest.